[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-7780":3},{"festival":4,"years":21,"news":24,"about":25},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":11,"logoAppearance":12,"logoOg":18,"about":19,"isManaged":20},7780,"okotoks-film-festival-canada","open","Okotoks Film Festival","",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Flbpn7p3x.webp?v=fb913236",{"mode":13,"edge":14,"edgeLight":15,"plateLight":16,"plateDark":16,"crop":17,"og":17},"card","#ffffff",true,"none",null,"\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F6636.jpg?v=fb913236","The Okotoks Film Festival pairs international cinema with a focus on filmmakers from Alberta’s Foothills. Run by the Okotoks Film Society in Okotoks, Canada, it presents short and feature films across genres at Okotoks Cinemas. Its programme includes children’s shorts, a country spotlight and a youth screening with industry mentorship. Workshops, networking events and a 48-hour filmmaking challenge complement the screenings. The 2027 festival dates are 3–12 June, with an in-person screening for every selected film. The country highlight focuses on the Philippines. Selected filmmakers receive two artist passes and six tickets to their film’s screening, alongside access to professional and social events.",false,[22],{"year":23,"hasAwards":20,"hasSelection":15},"2018",[],{"aboutHtml":26,"countries":27,"focus":29,"categories":30,"nextDates":37,"awardsPrizes":38,"rules":39,"website":40,"contacts":41,"editDate":64},"\u003Cp>The Okotoks Film Festival pairs international cinema with a focus on filmmakers from Alberta’s Foothills. Run by the Okotoks Film Society in Okotoks, Canada, it presents short and feature films across genres at Okotoks Cinemas. Its programme includes children’s shorts, a country spotlight and a youth screening with industry mentorship. Workshops, networking events and a 48-hour filmmaking challenge complement the screenings.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The 2027 festival dates are 3–12 June, with an in-person screening for every selected film. The country highlight focuses on the Philippines. Selected filmmakers receive two artist passes and six tickets to their film’s screening, alongside access to professional and social events.\u003C\u002Fp>",[28],"Canada",[],[31,32,33,34,35,36],"Animation","Documentary","Experimental","Feature","Music Video","Short","3 June 2027 — 12 June 2027","Best Picture — CAD 1,000; Audience Choice — CAD 1,000. Additional awards: Best Cinematography, Best Performance, Best Art Direction, Best Overall Sound, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Animation, Best Visual\u002FSpecial Effects, Best Documentary and Best Foothills Youth.","2027 submissions\n\nFilmmakers must clear all rights to their film’s content. Films must be completed after 1 January 2022. The festival website specifies completed works only and requires the screened version to be the same version submitted. No premiere status is required; previously screened films and films available online are eligible. Non-English films need English subtitles.\n\nProgrammers consider no more than three films per director. If more are submitted, films are randomly disqualified until three remain. Pornographic and illegal content is prohibited. Filmmakers are responsible for playable screeners or DVDs and accurate submission materials. Entry fees are non-refundable, and submitted DVDs are not returned.\n\nCategories\nShort Films: any genre, under 45 minutes, completed after 1 January 2022; narrative, documentary, art films and music videos are eligible.\nFeature Films: any genre, 60–150 minutes, completed after 1 January 2022.\nKinderReels — Children’s Short Films: under 45 minutes, completed after 1 January 2022, with content made for young audiences.\nCountry Highlight — Philippines: shorts under 45 minutes, completed after 1 January 2022, made in, by or about the Philippines.\nFoothills Films: films made in or by filmmakers from Municipal District of Foothills No. 31, Alberta. Request a submission password from info@okotoksfilmfestival.ca. These films are judged within their appropriate category; a second category submission is unnecessary.\nFoothills Youth Films: films by directors under 18 who are in or connected to Alberta. Request the submission password from info@okotoksfilmfestival.ca. The festival describes a dedicated youth screening, industry mentorship and a red-carpet awards gala.\n\nDeadlines and fees (Canadian dollars)\nSubmissions open 1 September 2026. Earlybird deadline: 15 September 2026. Regular deadline: 31 October 2026. Late deadline: 31 January 2027. Late Late deadline: 15 March 2027. Notification: 1 May 2027.\n\nShort Films, KinderReels and Country Highlight — Philippines: earlybird free; regular CAD 5 (FilmFreeway Gold CAD 3); late CAD 10 (Gold CAD 5); late late CAD 20 (Gold CAD 15).\nFeature Films: earlybird CAD 5 (Gold CAD 3); regular CAD 10 (Gold CAD 5); late CAD 20 (Gold CAD 15); late late CAD 30 (Gold CAD 25).\nFoothills Films and Foothills Youth Films: free at all deadlines.\n\nThe festival website separately describes VR\u002F360 films under 10 minutes, with no completion-date restriction, shown free in the theatre lobby. VR\u002F360 is absent from the 2027 FilmFreeway category list; availability requires confirmation with the festival.","https:\u002F\u002Fokotoksfilmfestival.ca\u002F",[42,46,49,52,56,60],{"type":43,"value":44,"note":45},"Email","info@okotoksfilmfestival.ca","General inquiries and Foothills submission passwords",{"type":43,"value":47,"note":48},"katie@okotoksfilmfestival.ca","Festival director and programming",{"type":43,"value":50,"note":51},"anne-marie@okotoksfilmfestival.ca","General manager",{"type":53,"value":54,"note":55},"Phone","+1 780-862-6306","Festival inquiries",{"type":57,"value":58,"note":59},"Address","38 Elma Street West, Okotoks, AB T1S 1J7, Canada","Administrative office",{"type":61,"value":62,"note":63},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfreeway.com\u002FOkotoksFilmFestival","Film submissions",1792515068]